Papers in Richmond Fined for Reporting On Inquiry of Judges; Appealed to Supreme Court Law Called 'Embarrassment'
Date: 01 May 1977
Special to The New York Times
Richmond Newspapers Inc, publisher of Times Dispatch and News Leader, convicted and fined $2,000 in Circuit Ct, Richmond, Va, for violating state law that makes it crime for news media to rept that judges are under investigation; verdict follows State Sup Ct decision in Mar upholding conviction of Norfolk publisher Landmark Communications Inc of violating similar '71 law; Richmond newspapers, in suit filed in Fed Dist Ct, are challenging statute as abridgment of 1st Amendment freedoms; Landmark Communications is appealing State Sup Ct ruling to US Sup Ct (M)
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COVER-UP IS CHARGED IN GEORGE POLK DEATH; U.S. Inquiries Into 1948 Murder in Greece Said to Have Left Many Questions Unresolved U.S. Was Aiding Greece Possibility of Cover-Up Meeting With Marshall
Date: 01 May 1977
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Freelance journalists Yiannis P Roubatis and Elias Vlanton conclude that Greek Govt, US State Dept, CIA and US press were involved in alleged cover-up of George Polk murder, May issue of More (pub); background and details on '48 murder (M)
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GREEK DENIES ROLE IN KILLING OF POLK; Ex-Communist Who Was Jailed for 12 Years Says He Was Forced to Confess in 1948 Killing Two Officials Still in Posts Pressure From Americans Had Refused to Discuss Case Mailing Laid to Grocer Some Blame British
Date: 01 May 1977
By STEVEN V. ROBERTS Special to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTS
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